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We will cease operations when we are no longer needed, transferring any residual funds to charities helping our wounded troops and their families.

PLEASE NOTICE: If you are replacing the Marine-issue pads already installed in a helmet, you need to let us know, because the replacement pads we send will need to be thicker than 'standard' so the helmet will still fit.

For on-line credit card or PayPal donations, fill out the next two fields and click on the donate button below.   You will have the opportunity to add comments in the third step.  Also, if you do not have a PayPal account, there is a button to press for credit card donations in the next step.

Please use this donation for the following individual, unit, base, or service.  Leave blank for any service member.
Ship to Address of the military member (if applicable)

Now, our cost is $56 per upgrade for all Service branches except those who still use the older PASGT helmet. That upgrade kit costs us $87. This price change represents a 40% savings over retail price. Thanks, Oregon Aero. Now, let's hope other manufacturers follow the recommendations of the Army testing lab and adjust their pad sets for comfort as well as protection.

Just ignore the 'quantity' and donate what you care to...trying to fix that fool button.

Checks are preferred, as PayPal takes a bite of about 3% for service fees.

Our distribution is through troops in the field who are knowledgeable about the needs of various units deployed or to individual warriors or units for whom specific donations are received. All donations so specified are sent to the individual troop, unit, or service branch. Donations intended for a specific unit MUST have a name attached, as units will not accept 'to anybody' packages.

Any amount is appreciated. As the old saying goes, it's better to light one candle than to curse the dark. And a bunch of small candles equal a whole lotta light!  Together, we can save lives. Families or friends of troopers are encouraged to make a partial donation so we can rush the kits to your specific warrior, unit or Service.  If you can afford to pitch in few bucks when donating for a family member's helmet upgrade, there's a number of troops with NO family support who also need help.

Price per upgrade:

The manufacturers have given us a special 'charitable organization' price of $56.00 for the pad suspension kit that fits the Marine Light Weight Helmet (LWH).  The PASGT helmet used by Navy and Air Force troops,  requires the more expensive BLSS kit.  This kit costs $87.00, and contains the pads plus a new four-point chinstrap.

Before you donate, please read this note

If you would like a helmet demonstration, drop us a line.  We can easily do this in Houston, San Diego, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington DC.

We send these kits to YOUR trooper's unit as funds are available if you provide us their address: Stateside or APO/FPO with the priority on those deployed in danger zones and those that need the financial help.  Please feel free to approach friends, neighbors, business, churches, schools, service clubs, etc. to help us with funding. We've been besieged with requests due to recent deployments and have a large backlog of need. 100% of donated funds go to purchase and ship the upgrades. There are NO employee/admin costs deducted.

The life you save may save another!

Operation Helmet is a 501-c-3 organization (EIN 20-1756585) that a generous donor lawyer set up to handle purchasing of blast- protective upgrade kits.

You can verify our status as a 501-c-3 organization at the IRS verification website, http://apps.irs.gov/app/pub78.  Just enter Operation Helmet in the name section and Montgomery and Texas and USA in the location section and it pops up with verified until Dec 2008. 

For tax implications, please see www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf